FOREIGN NOTICES. 



ojiportuiiity for foriiiinu: n corroct jiul^mont of the qiinlity of the fruit lino not yet nrrivcil, cilJjcr as 

 ri'Si>ot't8 earliiU'ss or flavor. We say this is at least possible; so that ninkin;^ some allowance 

 upon tlie urounds just etateil, ami making also some ileJuotion from the ungnar«lc«l iharneter f^ivcn 

 to the fruit in the first instance, the Shtiiwick nectarine may still ileserve u ereilitalde i)lace among 

 the class of fruits to which it belongs." 



We do not admire this Ihosty judgment, bnt as tlie fruit excited a good deal of attention 

 among eultivators <.)n this side of the water, we think it well to keep them advised of results 

 in England. AVe will add, however, that it will do better here than in England ; we have 

 no doubt of this. Our climate will ripen its wood better, but it is possible tliat it may 

 require the aid of glass to ripen the fruit ; and in that case, cold vineries will be the idace 

 for it. 



Tree MraxoxinTE. — ^The Reseda odorata, or common sweet Mignonette, treated after the follow- 

 ing manner, forms a real treat in the conservatory during the winter and spring months. 



Sow in spring a number of small 4-inch pots. AVhen up, clear off all the plants but one in the 

 center ; as it grows, train it upwards to a stick until it is a foot high, or two, if you please ; do 

 not allow any side shoots to grow on the stem, and remove all leaves to within a few inches of its 

 top. "When the plant gets as high as you wish it, top it, and then it will throw out side-branches. 

 As they advance, pinch off their tops until you have formed a nice bushy head to your pdant ; and 

 above all things, do not allow any bloom to appear imtil it has become strong, which will be by 

 winter, if it has been well attended to. For the first winter it will be advisable not to have them 

 in larger than 8-inch pots. Mignonette being an annual, if the seeds are not picked off after 

 flowering, it is ten to one but the plant will die. I have had excellent Tree Mignonette three 

 years old, very bushy, and full of flowers all winter. Mignonette is often neglected at midsum- 

 mer, wlien our hands are full of other work; and yet this is the very time when Tree Mignonette 

 wants most care; for the flowers not being wanted during summer, ought then to be removed in 

 order to have a fine Avinter display. To keep worms from entering and disturbing the roots, add 

 a handful of soot at each shifting over the drainage. 



Mignonette delights in sandy loam not too light ; and being a gross feeder, a little diluted ma- 

 nure-water may be given once a week with advantage. If this is contemplated, the mold need 

 not be made so rich in the first instance. 



"Winter Mignonette, as it is generally called, requires to be treated differently from the above. 

 It is generally sown about the 20th of August ; if later it will not acquire sufficient strength by 

 winter for the London market. I generally grow' from eight to ten plants in a 48-si/cd pot, which 

 is si.K inches deep. For this sowing it is safest to use a light sandy and rather poor mold, for if 

 the latter is too rich and strong, the plants damp off during winter. Out of nearly a thousand 

 pots, I have often scarcely lost one by attending to this, by not allowing a drop of rain water to 

 fall on them during winter, by never watering them unless they were flagging, and by admitting 

 at all times plenty of air. In the case of frost coming, however, they are closely covered up 

 sometimes for a week or a fortnight together ; and if you have not followed the above rules, you 

 will suffer severely from damp. Do not expose your plants for some days after the ftost breaks 

 up, and that only by degrees ; above all things do not expose them to the sun. My anxiety to 

 give them light, after being so long covered up, has sometimes led me for the moment to forget 

 tins, and I have suftered severely for my negligence. 



Should the winter prove mild, the plants will root into the ashes they are placed on ; there- 

 fore they must be lifted up occasionally to break the roots. Slugs will annoy you, if you do not 

 look after them ; they fatten on Mignonette. To retard some of the pots, pinch the heads off 

 the plants ; by this means they will not flower so strongly as those not pinched, and will 

 succession of bloom. — Turner's Florist, Nove^nher. 



